Automatic slop and swill carrier



(No Model.) I

I 0. 0. ADAMS,

AUTOMATIG SLO]? AND SWILL CARRIER.

Patented June 6, 1882..

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- with the hanger-carriage and the inclined cadesignates thecable-track, having an inclina- UNITED STATES OBBIN 0. ADAMS, or

PATENT OFFICE.

LOWELL, MICHIGAN.

AUTOMATIC SLOP AND SWILL CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,072, dated June 6,1882.

Application filed April 12,188'3.- (No model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ORRIN O. ADAMS, acitizenof the United States, and a resident of Lowell, in the countyof Kent andState of Michigan, have invented a new and valuable Improvement inAutomatic Slop and Swill Carriers; and I do hereby declare that the fol.lowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of aperspectiveview of myinvention. Fig. 2is a rear view of the post. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of the bucket; Fig. 4 is a perspective detail view.

This invention has relation to automatic devices for carrying anddepositing slop, swill, &c.; and it consists in the construction andnovel arrangement, in connection with an inclined cable-track andsupports, of a hangercarriage, suspending-rods,- a bucket having notchedears or bearings at its sides, and an angular spreading device.

The invention also consists, in connection ble-track, the bucket, andthe automatic dumping devices, of the retracting=cord, its reel andspring-connection, and the reversing-weight connected to a spool on thereel-shaft by a cord or tape, all as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a tion of about one inch infifteen, and securely attached by one end to the wall of a house orbuilding by means of a screw-eye or other common fastening. The otherend of the cabletrack is designed to be secured firmly by means of astake, b, driven into the ground. The cable-track is carried over thecrossed standards a, which are adjustable in order to secure the properinclination for the cable a. When the track is'required to be ofconsiderable length, or is necessarily bent in direction at any point,-intermediate supports, 6!, are employed, these supports being arrangedwith arms 0 extending vertically upward under the cable, so as not toobstruct the upper or track surface thereof, on which the grooved wheelsg of hanger=carriage A run.

. B represents the'traveling bucket, which receives, carries, anddeposits the slop or swill.

At or near its upper edge lateral notches or bearings h are formed, andat oralittle below its center of gravity, when full, suspending-rods 7care pivoted laterally, as indicated in the drawings.Thesesuspending-rodskare jointed at l, and are connected attheir upperends to a cross-bar, m, having at its ends hooks or other suitablefastening devices or catches to engage the ends of the connecting-rods74.

To the standards 0 are secured horizontal rods or arms 1), which form anangular junction with each other or extend toward each other in anangular manner; or a V-shaped frame may be employed, secured to stakesor standards, and including an angle large enough to spread the upperportions of the jointed suspending-rods k as the bucket in its descentalong the inclined cable approaches the end of its journey at thestandards-o, which are situated over the trough, spout, pen, or otherplace of deposit. By means of the angular spreader p the lateral rods kare disengaged from the lateral notches h of the bucket, and

the latter, by the operation of the force of gravitation and by thechecking of its forward movement,immediately turns bottom upward, anddeposits its contents in a forward direc tion intothe spout or otherreceptacle.

A small cord, at, is attached to the hangercarriage, a spiral spring, s,being interposed, and this cord extends under the cable-track to a reel,R, which is arranged in bearings near the house or building at the upperend of the cable-track. Usually the shaft of the reel It extends througha hollow post, D, or chute made of boards, and serving as weight-chamberfor the weight W, which is connected to a spool, I, on the reel-shaft bymeans of a cord, or, preferably, a metallic tape, t. The tape t isdesigned to be wound in the reverse direction on the spoolI, so thatwhen the retracting-cord n is unwound by the descent of the hanger onthe cable-track, the tape t will be wound upon its spool, and when thebucket overturns and discharges its contents asmall weight, w, at=tached to its bottom, serves to bring it again into the uprightposition, andthe weight W the reverses the movement of thehanger-carriage and draws it back upon the cable-track until the buckethas returned to its original position. The spring 8 at the end of theretractingcord n is designed to prevent any injury to the metallic tapeit or other part of the mechanism 5 on account of the sudden stoppage ofthe bucket at the end of its downward movement.

At the upper end of the cable-track a holdingspring, G, serves to engageawheel ot' the carriage and keep it in position until inten- IO tionallyreleased.

Having described this invention, what I clainnand desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

1. An automatic carrier for swilhslops, &c.,

I5 consisting of an inclined cable-track and its supports, ahanger-carriage, jointed suspending-rods, a bucket having notched earsor bearings at its sides and laterally pivoted to the lower ends of saidsuspending-rods, and an 20 angular spreader, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the hanger-carriage and the inclinedcable-track, the bucket, and the automatic dumping devices,of theretractingcord, its spring and reel, the reversing-weight, its spool onthe reel-shaft, and the 2 5 connecting cord or tape reversely wound onsaid spool, substantially as specified.

3. In an automatic carrying and dumping device, the combination, with a.hanger-earriage and lateral jointed rods 7c, pivoted to a 30 bucketbelow said carriage, of the lateral notches or bearings 71. on saidbucket, and an angular spreader, 12, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence 35 of two witnesses.

ORRIN OMAR ADAMS.

Witnesses JAMES A. LYON, MILTON M. PERRY.

